New Tennis Shows For Netflix.

New Tennis Shows For Netflix.

Dylan Leach

The new Netflix series Break Point has taken the Tennis world by storm offering a fly-on-the-wall perspective of life both on and off the court in the ATP and WTA tours.

In what some have described as the Drive to Survive of Tennis, the show is yet another triumph in a golden era of sports documentaries.

However, is there room for more Tennis content on Netflix?

Several pilots have been proposed for the streaming giant with viewers wanting more tennis content on their screens.

During the week, Neds own Jack Lindley and yours truly headed down to the Australian Open for Street Talk to see if the Punters would be keen to see some of these Tennis shows be turned into a series.

Here are some of the possible new Tennis shows that could be coming to a streaming service near you…

BARTY OF FIVE

 Teen Drama Series

After their parents die in a car accident, the five Barty siblings are forced to live on their own, with oldest daughter Ash appointed the guardian of his brothers and sisters. Their new situation means putting aside personal goals to help make ends meet and keep the family together.

BECKER

 Sitcom
Recently freed from prison, Boris Becker is easily annoyed — by noisy neighbors, a ridiculous comment, a flickering streetlight, the antics of his misfit staff members and creditors. He’s a talented and dedicated ex-Grand Slam winner/ex-con and goes the extra mile for those in need, but he doesn’t waste a chance to give anyone a piece of his mind.

FAULTY TOWERS

 Sitcom
Alex de Minaur is an inept and slightly out-of-his-head English hotel manager, who is tortured by `that annoying section of the general public who insist on staying at hotels’. while he is constantly berated by his wife, and his efforts are continually hampered by their Spanish waiter, John Milman.

FEDERER HOMES AND GARDENS

 Lifestyle

Join the GOAT Roger Federer for Federer Homes and gardens. Come alive in this weekly lifestyle show packed with home decorating tips, recipes, craft ideas, DIY projects and how-tos – all from the great man himself.

MARGRET COURT

Courtroom
The people are real. The cases are real. The rulings are final. This is Margret Court.

BORDER SECURITY – THE NOVAK DJOKOVIC EPISODE

Reality

Filmed in January 2022, follow Australian Customs and Border Protection officers as they attempt to enforce the country’s various quarantine, customs, immigration and finance laws and deal with Novak’s Visa issues that didn’t allow him to play in last years Australian Open.

PAT TO THE RAFTERS

 Drama
After their 25th wedding anniversary, Aussie tennis legend Pat Rafter and his wife Julie decide to have the Rafter house for themselves. However, a series of unforeseen events bind the Rafters together, all over again.

RBT – Random Bernard Tomic

Reality
This factual series tags along with Random Bernard Tomic, police units as they patrol the roads and waterways for people under the influence of Tomic being a bit of a dickhead, and the cameras keep rolling when Bernard Tomic is apprehended. The programme’s half-hour episodes capture all the drama, danger and, yes, lighthearted moments that police face every day in their relentless campaign against Bernard Tomic. Australian TV personality Andrew Daddo narrates.

LLEYTON & BEC

Tell-All Documentary
From their tennis courtship to their exit from Home and Away and the ATP Tour, Lleyton and Bec share their complex journey in their own words in this docuseries.

SETS AND THE CITY

Comedy/Drama

Ajla Tomljanović, Maria  Sharapova, Simona Halep are three smart and dynamic New York-based women on the WTA Tour, who despite their differences and ever-changing tennis court lives stick together through the ups and downs.

SERVE YOUR ENTHUSIASM

Comedy

John McEnroe, a famous Grand Slam winner, tennis legend, and commentator gets into various misadventures with his friends and celebrity colleagues in Los Angeles.

AMEILE MAURESEMO IN PARIS

 

Comedy/Drama

Chicago marketing executive Amélie Mauresmo is hired to provide an American perspective at a marketing firm in Paris.

 ALTERNATIVE STREAMING SERVICE:

STAN

(WAWRINKA)

Might contain some up-late shows featuring Thanasi Kokkinakis